[Q] Why does my KF2 not display fastboot mode?

[Marinski94]

Hey all, I have a kindle fire 2 that I have been trying to restore and reset using kindle first aide, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888

I purchased a factory cable from skorp and when I plug my KF2 in with it, it simply says "kindle fire" on the screen. It is listed in device manager as Android Phone, and it says the Android ADB Interface is working properly. Yet when i type "abd devices" in cmd prompt nothing shows up, and when I try to use the first aide tool it says its waiting for a device.

Does anyone have any ideas on what may be wrong with it?

 

[mrkhigh]

Can you verify that pin 1 and four are shorted on the micro USB side?

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[Marinski94]

Can you verify that pin 1 and four are shorted on the micro USB side?

Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app

Yes they are, I tried the cable on my mom's kindle as well and the screen said kindle fire fastboot on hers. Device manager recognizes hers the same way it recognizes mine though.

 

[stunts513]

If it was in fastboot mode then "adb devices" wouldn't show anything. When in fastboot mode, use fastboot commands, try this out:

fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product

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[nkolvek]

try..

Yes they are, I tried the cable on my mom's kindle as well and the screen said kindle fire fastboot on hers. Device manager recognizes hers the same way it recognizes mine though.

Try upgrading the factory amazon firmware first to repair fastboot on the device. I've had this happen before on a customers kindle. I was able to just grab a rootable amazon firmware update, update it, then continue to root, twrp and flash with a new rom.